Morgan Freeman Quotes

At times I think I actually hate Hollywood. I have many acquaintances there, but few friends.

If you want to write for films or TV, you must go to Hollywood.

I have to say I was very lucky in this [movie] business. I was in the right place at the right time when I first got started.

The movie industry is full of crazy people who think that they are god.

I've always wanted to do a movie, and I really feel the urge to do it.I'm in Hollywood - I have no business not being in the movie industry.

My dad's a lighting director. Growing up in Hollywood, I was around the entertainment industry all the time. I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.

When I was 23, I went to work for Jack Nicholson reading scripts. Later, I was married to a production designer named Richard Sylbert. So I lived in Los Angeles for ten years.

I don't know what goes on in their heads out in Hollywood.

I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.

I didn't want to chase movies. It's too hard. You've got to work at it - opening nights, photo shoots, publicity people, managers. I never wanted to do that. I'm too lazy.

When you're a kid, I think you want to be a film star. And I'm not as enamoured with that any more. The reality of that life is a lot of travel, and a lot of being away, which is impractical because I have four children, so I don't want to be away that much, not the other side of the world away.

Growing up, I wasn't sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.

Occasionally I will audition for a big overseas movie, but that's it.

I would love to do films. It's just the way things happened for me - I ended up doing a lot of TV.

I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work.

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

I think it's always hard to find great roles, no matter what age you are. So I always say to people, 'You have to remember that Hollywood is in the business of making movies that they can sell tickets to; they're not in the business of finding great roles for actors.'

I don't mean to sound - I don't want it to come out funny, but I don't like show business. I love - I love acting in films. I love it.

The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.

I enjoy living in L.A. This is where the work is - or at least generated from - because you fly off and do movies. It's sort of a great way to see the world.

The only benefit of my dad being in the film industry was that I got a reality check right from the start. I wasn't delusional and didn't want to be an actor just for the glamour.

When I was born, mom wasn't doing films at all, so I was never exposed that much to the world of acting.

I was the first studio executive to meet with Sean Penn after 'Taps' in 1981. I was anxious to develop things with him when nobody knew who he was.

Hollywood is here to stay, and we have to keep the momentum going.

Everyone in L.A. talks about getting an agent or a manager in terms of getting on a sitcom or getting on a movie or doing something else.